gee I wonder? 17 GS's vs. 0 GS's In 2010 he said he didn't vote for Federer for the Stefan Edberg Sportsmanship Award because of some perceived poor sportsmanship after he (TB) had beaten him at Wimby that year. Nadal won the award.

Oh I get it,if he beats them, he's a disgrace because they're a bunch of nobodies! If he loses to any of them, he's a disgrace because they're just a bunch of nobodies!

You're right of course. Players can only beat the player across the net but that won't stop people from complaining about cupcake draws. It just seems certain players are luckier than others where the draw is concerned. And yes, he should indeed make the final with the opponents he's faced. But at the same time, his lack of challenging match play may work against him. Only time will tell how it plays out.

gee I wonder? 17 GS's vs. 0 GS's In 2010 he said he didn't vote for Federer for the Stefan Edberg Sportsmanship Award because of some perceived poor sportsmanship after he (TB) had beaten him at Wimby that year. Nadal won the award.

Then that means that everybody hates Federer, but I'm pretty sure that's not true. Regardless he's kind of got a point there. Even as a Federer fan, I say it wasn't one of his finer moments.

Then that means that everybody hates Federer, but I'm pretty sure that's not true. Regardless he's kind of got a point there. Even as a Federer fan, I say it wasn't one of his finer moments.

Are you kidding me? No one ever calls out Nadal for all his whining of injuries after a match. I guess people are just so used to it with Nadal that they ignore it. Federer one time says he was dealing with an injury and he gets crucified for it. No wonder he keeps his mouth shut now. If fans (or media for that matter) expect honestly during pressers they aren't getting their money's worth. Federer is just held to a higher standard that's all.

Are you kidding me? No one ever calls out Nadal for all his whining of injuries after a match. I guess people are just so used to it with Nadal that they ignore it. Federer one time says he was dealing with an injury and he gets crucified for it. No wonder he keeps his mouth shut now. If fans (or media for that matter) expect honestly during pressers they aren't getting their money's worth. Federer is just held to a higher standard that's all.

Federer should've given Berdych due credit....just for the sake of sportsmanship. Sometimes it's how you lose that counts more than how you win.

Being a Murray fan, I am not happy with this draw. He has not been tested on these courts yet. I dint really care for Simon vs Murray match. I knew verywell Andy can beat a tired Simon any day.
Also I dont find Andy playing at his prime so far. He has different levels and uses his highest level only when needed. So not finding a need to bring his best level so far can backfire him against fed. And also the expectation of having a weaker draw.

Federer should've given Berdych due credit....just for the sake of sportsmanship. Sometimes it's how you lose that counts more than how you win.

If you read his press conference you will notice that the questions were mostly directed at him such as:

Q. Difficult moment, but what couldn't you do that you wanted to do? What let you down?

ROGER FEDERER: Uhm, well, I mean, I don't think I played poorly. But, uhm, I think he went after it. I mean, I know Berdych. I think I've played him 10 times already before. That's the way he plays, you know.

I think he's been able to play more consistent last year or so, and I was just not able to defend well enough and I didn't come up with the good stuff when I had to. So it was disappointing, you know. Yeah.

and

Q. Obviously he's going to come at you. Did you feel like you were as aggressive as you wanted to be in the match? You had some chances in the fourth set, Love?40 on his serve.

ROGER FEDERER: Yeah, I mean, his mistakes and my mistakes. You know, he played well when he had to. It was brutal for me. Every time he had a chance, he took it. On the breakpoints, he played great on those.

Then when I had chances early on, I was actually not too bad. I just felt like I got the unlucky bounce once in a while, you know. 30?All he got it on the line over and over again. I just felt like I couldn't create enough chances to really get the breakthrough.

When I did have chances, I played poorly. It was just a frustrating match the way it all went.

I don't see how this is considered poor sportsmanship. He answered the questions posed to him and gave Berdych credit for outplaying him. Blown way out of proportion. If the media had asked him how he thought Berdych had played I'm sure he would have said he played well. Every question was about how he (Federer) had played. Typical case of the media fishing for something to write about.